<glacius:metadata>

    <title>Transcribing the music of Die in the Dungeon</title>

    <description>I transcribed the music from the game "Die in the Dungeon"</description>

    <category>Music</category>

    <category>Music transcription</category>

    <category>Video games</category>

    <series order="10">2022 music project</series>

</glacius:metadata>

<div class="alert alert-info">

    Update (<glacius:datetime iso="2022-03-19T17:38:58.657Z" />): <em>Die in the Dungeon</em>

    received an update which added a bunch of new music, so this article no longer applies

    to the publicly visible game. The music this article is referring to is from 

    <code>v1.4.1</code>. This music was replaced starting from <code>v1.5.0</code> 

    (released <glacius:datetime iso="2022-03-19T00:28:11Z" />).

</div>

<p>

    Once again I got mildly obsessed with a short video game and felt compelled

    to transcribe its music (see similar sentiments for

    <glacius:link page="music/projects/music-of-monster-clearer-transcribed">Monster Clearer</glacius:link>

    and

    <glacius:link page="music/projects/music-of-rogue-fable-iii-transcribed">Rogue Fable III</glacius:link>).

    This game has only one tune and it's quite simple: not a lot of polyphony and lots

    of repeated parts. One unique thing about it is that it's very atonal.

</p>

<p>

    <em><a href="https://alarts.itch.io/die-in-the-dungeon">Die in the Dungeon</a></em> is

    a deck-building roguelite where you traverse floors of a dungeon fighting insects

    as a frog knight of some sort. I'm a little unclear on the lore. The distinguishing

    characteristic (aside from the frog lore) is instead of cards your deck is comprised

    of dice. And now the title turns from <em>meh</em> to spectacular.

</p>

<p>

    <em>Die in the Dungeon</em> was created by

    <a href="https://twitter.com/JaunGardener">Jaun Gardener</a> (programming), 

    <a href="https://twitter.com/alartsf">@alartsf</a> (art), and

    <a href="https://twitter.com/yomellamoyorch">@yomellamoyorch</a> (programming).

    Music in <code>v1.4.1</code> (as featured in this article) composed by

    <a href="https://www.instagram.com/gonzamol8/">Adrián González</a>.

    Music in <code>v1.5.0</code> (not featured in this article) composed by

    <a href="https://afrodisiaqo.bandcamp.com/album/die-in-the-dungeon-original-soundtrack">AFRODISIAQO</a>.

</p>

<h2>Gameplay</h2>

<glacius:figure 

    glacius:src="die-in-the-dungeon-gameplay-faded-480p.mp4" 

    glacius:thumbnail="die-in-the-dungeon-gameplay-poster.jpeg" 

    type="video">

    <caption>Gameplay from <em>Die in the Dungeon</em></caption>

</glacius:figure>

<h2>Main theme</h2>

<glacius:figure glacius:src="die-in-the-dungeon.ogg" type="audio">

    <caption>Music from <em>Die in the Dungeon</em> by <em>Adrián González</em></caption>

</glacius:figure>

<glacius:figure glacius:src="die-in-the-dungeon-transcription-sample.png" type="image">

    <caption>Transcription sample for music from <em>Die in the Dungeon</em></caption>

</glacius:figure>

<h3>Downloads</h3>

<ul>

    <li>

        <glacius:link file="10-die-in-the-dungeon.pdf">Transcription</glacius:link> (pdf)

    </li>

    <li>

        <glacius:link file="10-die-in-the-dungeon.ly">Lilypond source</glacius:link>

    </li>

</ul>